A reader's journal sharing the insights of various authors and my take on a variety of topics, most often philosophy, religion & spirituality, politics, history, economics, and works of literature. Come to think of it, diet and health, too!

Monday, May 23, 2011

A good, brief introduction to Clausewitz. Mead's course, like the Grand Strategy course at Yale under John Lewis Gaddis, Paul Kennedy, and Charles Hill, seems like an excellent exercise. Mead makes a good point: we won't make war go away by ignoring it, and we're wise to prepare for it. We are foolish to hope war will go away even with all of the good will and new institutions we can create. We can't bet on it. Mead, and Clausewitz, make us face these unpleasant thoughts.

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I am currently living in Suzhou, China with my wife. I offer services as a freelance lawyer to other lawyers, as well as continuing working with a legal outsourcing company. I also blog @ http://sngthoughts.blogspot.in/ and at http://greenleafadvocacy.com/persuasive-life-blog/ .